The Health Trust's Hike & Bike Silicon Valley -- a fundraiser for the agency's AIDS Services programs -- is coming Nov. 9, and I thought it was curious that the biking portion was a seemingly random 33 miles.

It turns out that it's anything but random. Health Trust CEO Fred Ferrer told me that the 33 miles represent the 33 years that the fight against HIV/AIDS has been going on. The plan is to add a mile every year, so it literally will never be an easier ride than this year.

Both the bike ride and the hike -- a shorter 4-mile trek -- both start and finish at Santa Clara University's Locatelli Activity Center. (The university's public health department is partnering with the Health Trust on the event.)

Check-in for both begins at 7:45 a.m., and there's a finish-line party and lunch for registered participants. Registration for the bike ride is $80 and the walk is -- of course -- $33. For details, go to www.svhikeandbike.org.

COUNTDOWN TO CHRISTMAS: It's not even November yet, but the tireless women of the Valle Monte League have sold out half of this year's 46th annual Christmas Tree Elegance events, which are scheduled for Dec. 5 and 6 at the Doubletree Hotel in San Jose.

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The showcase of professionally designed trees, raffled off along with the gifts piled beneath them, are always a draw for the event, which benefits five mental health agencies in Santa Clara County. Already, two events -- a Dec. 5 brunch with the designers and a Champagne Brunch on Dec. 6 -- are sold out. That leaves the Afternoon Tea on Dec. 5 and the Grand Finale on Dec. 6 (tickets for the finale are $165 until Nov. 1, when they go up to $190).

Every event includes a fashion show and silent auction, as well as a performance by tenor Pasquale Esposito, who fits right in with the Italian "Buon Natale" theme. For details, go to www.vallemonte.org or call 408-278-8001.

LOS GATOS LODGINGS: There are a number of beauties on display for this weekend's Los Gatos Historic Home Tour, which marks the tour's 20th anniversary.

Among the homes featured during the Saturday and Sunday event are an 1889 Victorian farmhouse with a 600-year-old oak tree, as well as two beautifully restored Queen Annes and a 1912 Craftsman Bungalow that has been showered with awards for its historically accurate renovation.

Tickets are $40 and benefit the Museums of Los Gatos. Purchase them at www.museumsoflosgatos.org or at the museum, at 4 Tait Ave.